Bridging
the Generations/Adopt a Grandparent
Provide companionship for elderly residents of the Brunswick
community.
Astrid Rodriguez (jrodrigu@bowdoin.edu)
Lauren Johnson (ljohnson@bowdoin.edu)
Baxter
House Tutoring and Mentoring Programs
Tutor/mentor Brunswick High School students grades 9-12.
Laura Armstrong (larmstro@bowdoin.edu)
Morgan Pile (mpile@bowdoin.edu)
Kate Thomas (cthomas3@bowdoin.edu)
Bear
Buddies
Spend an afternoon twice monthly providing fun activities
for children with physical and mental disabilities.
Meredith Segal (msegal@bowdoin.edu)
Pei Huang (yzhuang@bowdoin.edu)
Bruce Baird (bbaird@bowdoin.edu)
Lily Abt (labt@bowdoin.edu)
Bears
and Cubs
Group mentoring for children waiting for a Big Brother or
Big Sister Meets every other Sunday in the gym for afternoon
activities.
Lisa Peterson (lpeterso@bowdoin.edu)
Patrick Lyons (plyons@bowdoin.ed)
Bowdoin
Mentoring
Recruits, trains and coordinates activities for students
involved in mentoring programs and relationships.
Rebecca Ginsberg (rginsber@bowdoin.edu)
Samantha Cohen (scohen@bowdoin.edu)
Brunswick
Junior High Mentoring Program
Work with high-need jr. high youth in mentoring relationships.
Students meet one-to-one with mentees at the jr. high on
an individual basis.
Bianca Sigh (bsigh@bowdoin.edu)
Jon Rosenthal (jrosenth@bowdoin.edu)
Circle
K
Organize service projects of a wide variety of nature on
campus and in the community.
Lisa Peterson (lpeterso@bowdoin.edu)
College
Guild
Provide educational support for prisoners through the US
Postal system.
Eliza Hutchinson (ehutchin@bowdoin.edu)
Coastal
Humane Society
Spend Saturday mornings walking and caring for animals at
the local shelter.
Tom Elson (telson@bowdoin.edu)
Evan Kohn (ekohn@bowdoin.edu)
Falcon
Friends
Mentor students in Bowdoinham elementary schools.
Erin Lucey (elucey@bowdoin.edu)
Nicole Wilson (nwilson@bowdoin.edu)
Habitat
for Humanity
Help the campus extension of the local chapter organize
campus-wide poverty awareness events, fundraisers and with
“build” days.
Joy Lee (jlee@bowdoin.edu)
Sara Schlotterbeck (sschlott@bowdoin.edu)
Midcoast
Hospital Volunteer Program
Serve in the local hospital by visiting patients and helping
hospital staff.
Adam Caldwell (acaldwel@bowdoin.edu)
Portland
Housing Authority Tutoring
Provide tutoring for mainly immigrant and refugee children
in grades 7-12 living in the Portland Housing Authority
Projects, after school M-TH.
Alison Witkin (awitkin@bowdoin.edu)
Kiersa Benson (kbenson@bowdoin.edu)
Meaghan Kennedy (mkenned3@bowdoin.edu)
Red
Cross Blood Drives
Help host four campus-wide blood drives per year. Volunteers
help with registration, blood donor support, and refreshments.
Anya Trundy (atrundy@bowdoin.edu)
Selina Asante (sasante@bowdoin.edu)
Laura Belden (lbelden@bowdoin.edu)
Nick Larochel (lenlaroche@bowdoin.edu)
Katie Swan (kswan@bowdoin.edu)
Special
Friends
Share in various weekend activities with adults who are
mentally and physically disabled.
Francesca McGowan (fmcgowan@bowdoin.edu)
Emma Sears (esears@bowdoin.edu)
Special
Olympics
Help organize the Special Olympics swim meet and track meet
in the spring.
Erica Osterman (eosterma@bowdoin.edu)
Carrie Miller (cmiller@bowdoin.edu)
Erica Ostermann (eosterma@bowdoin.edu)
Rose Teng.(rteng@bowdoin.edu)
Tedford
Shelter
Serve the evening meal four nights a week at a local homeless
shelter.
Joel Presti (jpresti@bowdoin.edu)
Matt Thomson (mthomson@bowdoin.edu)
Volunteer
Lawyers Project
Work with Pine Tree Legal Aid to provide legal options to
callers below the poverty line.
Ben Yormak (byormak@bowdoin.edu)
Megan MacLennan (mmaclenn@bowdoin.edu)
